Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr.

Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (13 August 1860-23 October 1925) was a Democrat member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 10 January 1906 to 14 January 1914.

Biography
Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. was born in Austin, Texas in 1860, and he moved to Winchester, Virginia in 1887 and became a wealthy apple grower in the Shenandoah Valley and the publisher of the Winchester Star newspaper. He served in the House of Delegates from 1906 to 1914 and as US Attorney for the Western District of Virginia from 1914 to 1920, and he died in 1925. He was the father of US Senator Harry F. Byrd.